Teen Magical Realism

In publishing-speak, here's what we at the LQ office sometimes describe as the Queer lovechild of Sholem Aleichem and Philip Roth: Uriel the angel and Little Ash (short for Ashmedai) are the only two supernatural creatures in their shtetl (which is so tiny, it doesn't have a name other than Shtetl). The angel and the demon have been studying together for centuries, but pogroms and the search for a new life have drawn all the young people from their village to America. When one of those young emigrants goes missing, Uriel and Little Ash set off to find her.

In the heart-stopping sequel to The Witch King, Wyatt and Emyr attempt to rebuild Asalin despite unexpected new enemies within their kingdom. Two weeks after the door to Faery closed once more, Asalin is still in turmoil. Emyr and Wyatt are hunting Derek and Clarke themselves after having...

Everyone at Redstone High is talking about the strange Brock kids. How they keep to themselves at school—and spend way too much time in the woods. But Noble, Argus, Harlan and Tora aren’t normal teens—they were born with the power to become wolves. And the more the siblings try to hide their secret identity, the greater they struggle to fit in. Then Noble falls mysteriously ill, leaving the pack without a leader just when he’s needed the most…

It’s 1987, and sixteen-year-old Gracie Byrne wishes her life were totally different. Shy and awkward, she has trouble fitting in at her new school, she’s still reeling from her parents’ divorce, and her grandmother Katherine’s Alzheimer’s is getting worse. So when Gracie finds a blank journal in Katherine’s vanity drawer, she begins writing stories about herself—a more popular version of herself, that is. But then the hot guy in her art class describes a dream he had about her—the exact scene she wrote about him in her journal—and Gracie realizes that she can create any reality she wants.

È passata una generazione da quando Constantine Madden, il Nemico della Morte, è arrivato vicinissimo a fare ciò che mai nessun mago aveva saputo: riportare i morti alla vita. Non ci è riuscito... ma ha trovato un modo per continuare a vivere, nel corpo di un bambino, il piccolo Callum Hunt. Costretto ad affrontare ciò che è, Callum ha combattuto contro il male per tutti i quattro anni del suo addestramento magico al Magisterium, sconfiggendo finalmente le forze del Caos in una battaglia epica. Ora, trionfatore con il cuore spezzato, il ragazzo si prepara a finire la scuola.

From the celebrated author of As Long as the Lemon Tree Grows comes a poignant novel about a Syrian American girl who uses a magical sketchbook to turn her grief into art, painting miraculous murals of her mother’s life in Syria. Seventeen-year-old Jihad Dabbagh has always seen life with a...

Reality and dream collide in Amy Bonnaffons's "dazzling," wildly inventive "miracle of a love story" about an affair between the living and the dead (NPR) For weeks, Rachel has been noticing the same golden-haired young man sitting at her Brooklyn bus stop, staring off with a melancholy air...

Her true purpose is far greater than what she could ever imagine. The brilliant apprentice seer Aqila has always understood her destiny, to follow in the footsteps of her mentor to serve as the next Seer. After striking a near immediate friendship with Jai, Aqila is hesitantly on her own journey. That is until her fate violently twists. After receiving a grim vision from the Heavens, she finds herself struggling in the delicate limbo of life and death.

Anessa receives the shock of her new life during her engagement. Before she can recover, tensions rise further as war breaks out! During her school's martial and leadership training, her future and power become clear. As a spirit from the past guides her way, she finds out who she must kill to claim what's rightly hers. Is Anessa ready to answer destiny's dark call as the champion of Death?

I had one job - kill the king, and I failed. I’d once thought ending King Zephyr’s reign would be enough for me to move beyond my past, but the longer I’m within the fae realm, the more I realize nothing is as simple as I’d hoped. My first attempt to take down the castle might have been unsuccessful, but I refuse to accept defeat. The only problem...sea creatures and unknown fae insist on getting in the way, and my path back to the castle proves harder than I like.

With no memories of his past, 18-year-old Seren awakens in the forbidden Godless City held captive by a scientist. After a daring escape alongside a hired mercenary, Seren finds himself the target of a relentless pursuit by the Novem Council, the rulers of the city. Forced to flee, Seren sets out for his so-called homeland, Lumina, accompanied by the mercenary and a runaway princess from the sinister Sanguine Sisters. Their path is unexpectedly derailed, entwining Seren in the perilous fate of the princess.

Sam Green thinks her life is pretty normal. Almost. She does have a strange affinity for animals, weird dreams, and a mysterious staff in her closet. But Sam’s calm life is shattered when a dragon poisons her father and the mother of her best friend Jake. She is further shocked when a shapeshifting giant cat and powerful faerie ask her to fulfill a prophecy.

Hailey Firestone's world shatters when she becomes ensnared in a treacherous love triangle in the crime-ridden streets of Fairview City. First, there’s Ash Blackthorn, the dashing heir to a notorious crime syndicate, whose dangerous allure pulls Hailey into a thrilling but perilous game. His roguish charm hides a world of violence that she finds hard to resist. Then there’s Kai Clearwater, rumored to be the estranged son of Ash's family’s fiercest rivals. His intentions are cloaked in mystery—will he be her savior or her downfall?

Ella is trying to survive her depressing life by avoiding her life-of-the-freakin’-party aunt and cousin. She never imagined that finally submitting to one of her cousin’s stupid outings could almost get her killed…or worse. When Ella wakes in the hospital able to read minds, she prays that’s the worst of it. But it turns out there’s a whole obscure world of powered people like her, and they’re intent on dragging her into their little underground war. Now with dangerous people after her, she has to decide if there’s anything in this life worth dying for…or possibly, worth fighting for.

Es stimmt nicht, dass der Drache die Mädchen, die er sich holt, verspeist. Ganz gleich, was für Geschichten man sich außerhalb unseres Tales erzählen mag … Agnieszka liebt ihr Dorf und das Tal, in dem sie lebt. Doch jenseits des silbernen Flusses im Dunklen Wald lauert eine böse Macht. Nur der »Drache«, ein mächtiger Zauberer, kann sie unter Kontrolle halten. Dafür fordert er alle zehn Jahre ein Mädchen, das ihm dienen muss. Der Zeitpunkt der Wahl naht, und alle wissen, dass es Kasia treffen wird, Agnieszkas beste Freundin.

Healer born of mercy, forged in fire—Alaia’s magic may be the last hope in an age of fear. The Inquisitor has taken over Ea and executed innocent women for witchcraft. Now Alaia's father is dying from lung disease. Alaia is a gifted healer and can cure him given enough time, but instead she must disappear, because the Inquisitor has accused her of practicing magic.

During a magickal ritual, Hannah Skye receives a prophetic message. She then encounters a series of seven riddles which lead her to discover that there is more to her ancestry than she thought. But someone has been following her, lurking in the shadows. As Hannah begins to unravel the mystery behind what really happened to her parents, she faces a force greater than anything she’s ever imagined, that is bent on destruction. If she doesn’t solve the riddle by Halloween night, her legacy will remained locked forever, and someone else may die, maybe even her.

Elías es un pequeño que está por cumplir 5 años cuando un inesperado accidente termina con su vida. Se niega a cruzar la puerta a su descanso eterno al ser atraído por un canto y un aroma que le resultan muy familiares para luego caer en el mundo de los sueños donde queda atrapado. Ahora, debe buscar la forma de regresar a la realidad mientras huye de su destino y se enfrenta a una mujer que quiere vivir a como dé lugar.

Marshall’s had quite an interesting day so far. Instead of waking up in his regular, teenage body, he’s found himself covered in fur and five sizes too small. After a bit of investigating, it’s become clear that something is terrible wrong. Now, thanks to a particularly nasty curse, he’ll have to help seven different dogs with their problems if he ever wants to become human again.

Moss has lived with her pa on a remote island for as long as she remembers. The Old World has disappeared beneath the waves - only Pa's magic, harnessing the wondrous stormflowers on the island, can save the sunken continents. But a storm is brewing, promising cataclysmic changes. Soon, two strange boys wash up on the shore. As the clouds swell and the ocean churns, Moss learns to open her eyes to the truth about her isolated world....